44F and sunny! What a great day, especially after the rain and clouds last week.

Still fighting off a cold, but other than a hacking cough I'm OK. No problems riding in today, although it was just cold enough to warrant a balaclava. If all goes well, I'll be heading home in a t-shirt and shorts.

Oh, it's supposed to snow tomorrow...

keep on rolling
 

Hello,

it was 25F this morning as i left for my morning commute/ride. I was psyche because that meant that the trails would be usable as ice trails. there is not much icebiking left to do, 2 days before the close of the VAST trails, but you have to take what mother nature gives.

I am getting a little ahead of myslef though, first i have to rip off the 6 miles of so to the trail. the mud was frozen on the dirt roads in most places, but in the wet spots it was not, though not as mushy as it will be this afternoon.

the entry to the trail was mud, which is what i expected, but the mud was frozen. this meant i can ride over it without pissing anyone off. I expected through the river flates to be riding a 3 foot wide thread of snow and ice and this is what happened. As i enter the forest section of the trail coverage was fine and it is the quick kind of ice riding. frozen solid and thin. Anyway, as i moved out of the forest i decided to cross the corn field and i expected this to be very spotty, but it really increases the safety of my route. I was surprised to find that the corn field had good coverage. it was at that point that decided not to dump myself out on the road, but to keep the ice biking going. I basically veered off onto another trail that is a lot of fun. it loops around for several miles, none which gets me much closer to work.

7:15am, 30 minutes to get to work, still playing on the trail. i decided to get on the road and point myself as directly toward work as possible. I am between 6 and 7 miles from work. i flat a tube, Find a spot on the edge of the road with enough room and change that puppy out. change it in record time, get back on start down the hill right in front of me. I get going pretty good down the hill, before the back up tube gets pinched too. That's the problem with cartidges, you have to live witth what you get out of the cartridge and sometimes below freezing the pressure just isn't the same as "normal" conditions. Anyway, time to become a running commuter, just on the sweet side of 6 miles out. I could have grabbed a bus 4 miles or so into the run (as i kept my bike rolling along side me), but at that point i want to finish my little trek. You know it is monday when you have 2 tubes that won't hold air.

Anyway, it was a great commute. One of my last ice rides of the season, coupled with one of my first spring runs. if i could have done a cold water swim or a white water paddle at the end it would have been perfect.

Peace,
dave

Warmest commute in of the year at 5c. It threatened to rain the entire trip and at one point it starting spitting just a tad but nothing materialized. Great ride in.

A little chilly this morning (26 deg) but it should warm up nicely today (54 deg). Then the rest of the week is suppose to be amazing. Can't wait, I'm tired of cloudy skies and cold toes!

A nice ride in this morning. Temps in the upper 30's still but not much wind and it was sunny. I warmed up nicely within the first few miles. The cold winter has killed my cyclo computer battery, my speed wouldn't register above 15 mph or so. Looking forward to temps near 60 this afternoon for the ride home.

Traffic was heavier then usual, but the weather was fine (33f, no wind, sunny). Got caught in a line of traffic at a light. I could have jumped on the sidewalk, but I lectured some boy scouts yesterday not to do that very thing. Usually I can sneak by along the curb but the traffic to far right.

Should be nice ride home later.

I pressure washed my bike this weekend and changed back to regular tires.

This morning was my first ride in two weeks (work and sick). It was a nice ride in- sunny skies, fast quiet ride on the regular tires.

I might have to take (find ;) ) the long way home today.

Am trying to decide if I should ride the MN ironman (century) on the 26th. Then, commuter or roadie :o??

No ride on Thursday or Friday. Mrs. Caloso was out of town for a conference and I wasn't velo-organized enough to get the twins to daycare without the minivan.

Today's ride was an effort to hit as many BF sub-forums as possible. I rode my '83 Gazelle (C&V, road) to work (commuting), which has been converted to fixed gear (bicycle mechanics, SS/FG) and outfitted with aerobars for an upcoming flat triathlon (tri). I brought my jersey and bibs for a post-work shakedown ride. It's not the most comfortable ride for the commute, but I can tell already that she's quiet and fast.

Still waiting for spring to hit New England, but it might arrive this week.

In the high 20s this morning, but nice and toasty all bundled up. Only my fourth bike commute day this year, but already quite a bit faster than a few rides ago. The legs are warming up.

Currently commuting on my '86 Puch 190. Bought an '86 Bridgestone 500 last week that will see a little commuting duty. And considering a nice, very cheap Univega Viva Sport 12-speed that just popped up. My wife will love a full garage. :lol:

my legs were tired this morning! plus I made a bad decision and wore my fingerless gloves - it was 38F when I left, so I paid for that decision.

I had this one minivan driving me crazy the last part of my commute - she kept passing me rather aggressively and then cutting in front of me very close and deliberately. Each time I would catch her at a light and in some instances pass her in a different lane. I eventually left her behind just because I was pushing it pretty hard and have the timing of the lights down. So it ended up being pretty fun in the end.

Sweaty ride today - Left the house at 7:45 and it was already 80 degrees.
Promises to be in the 90s for the ride home unless the marine layer kicks in pretty quick.
They say there's a fog bank sitting off the coast waiting to roll in - hope it does soon because it's been wicked HOT here - and it's uphill all the way home!

My first ever commute (to school and back-- ~30km RT) was last friday (heavy rain, wind 30-50km/h, and cold). I survived and did it again today. I've noticed that I'm in a really good mood when I get to school (able to actually work during first period, and not sleep) and plan on commuting every day until the end of the year.
Although I got lost both days (I'm not the greatest with directions) I had fun, and got a good workout.

I bought some Shimano cycling shoes on the weekend and just spend an hour in the park practicing clipping in and out. I'm going to take a risk and try commuting with the clipless pedals/shoes tomorrow.

Weeee tailwind on the way home. Averaged 31kph over 20.5km. Hit a max speed of 61.3kph... weeee.

i got hit by a car today! wooohooooo. i was taking a left hand turn behind a car taking a left hand turn. the car behind me was going straight and must have forgot that i was there. somehow even though i was sprawled out in a major chicago intersection and the lady hit me twice not a single person stopped. the person who hit me drove off without seeing if i was ok and as soon as i got to the side of the road business continued as usual. that makes me feel really great about the motorists of chicago.

thankfully i seem to be ok. my hand kinda hurts and my gloves ripped but besides that everything is a ok. this is really disturbing because people have seemed to forgotten all road rules now that the weather is warming. i didn't have a single incident this winter and in the last week i've had numerous close calls as a biker and as a pedestrian. people running stop signs and lights, sides wipping the bike lane etc. usually the person who almost kills me is talking on a cell phone and driving an urban assault vehicle (see suv in dictionary).

That is horrible! I'm glad to hear you weren't hurt worse. Did you call the cops? That's hit and run, and it's inexcusable.

38F again this morning - although this time I remembered to don my winter gloves!

Finally encountered another commuter in my almost 3 years of doing so - he was riding one of those folder bikes. Not sure what brand but it was pretty cool. I was always considering one of those, but now that I saw the effort and speed he was going up the hill with, I think I'll pass! We chatted a bit and went on our merry ways.

16 mph headwind all the way here. That last hill was a bit of a chore. Gusts are supposed to hit 50 mph this afternoon! Hope the direction doesn't change. I'll get home in 4.3 seconds!

:mad: Glad you're okay. More importantly, how's the bike? :D ;)

28F and quite sunny this morning. Not a cloud in the sky. No wind. Followed a regular in work clothes riding an old touring bike.

I gave a big wave to an RJ (regional jet) on final approach to KBTV. I figured my neon jacket stuck out close to the Lake Champlain shore.

My commute was awesome, first with the new bike (Tricross Sport). No major incidents apart from nearly getting hit by a car door 1km from home. I always seem to yell out "S**T!" when that happens. Poor drivers.

Steve

40 or so this morning and sunny again
quite pleasant, i did have a close call with a guy turning left across my lane...YIKES

sort of a tense ride but i enjoyed it thoroughly

should be warm this afternoon...gloves in the morning but not in the afternoon

C.c.c.c.COLD! (30 degrees F this morning.) New gloves and leg warmers worked great. Now I just need a tip-of-the-nose warmer and a crotch warmer, and I'm all set.

Almost hit an opossum, had to holler to get the attention of a blue-haired old lady turning left into me. (The sun was up, I had 2 headlights flashing, and I wear a high-visibility yellow jacket and she "just didn't see me". What, do I have to be a Macy's parade float? Sigh...)

Even with that, a good ride...

45F and sunny! The sun felt great for the short time I was in it, but most of my 6.7 mile ride is in the shade. The shade is great in the summer but I could have used a warm-up today. I'm loving the commute to the new job -- probably 80% of my ride is now on the MUP or trail. I only have 1 major intersection to deal with (the light is on yellow flash so no one ever stops).

I got the dead legs. They were dead yesterday, they're even deader today. I need a day off. The commute itself was fine except for some nut in a Juvenile Correction Svcs van driving wildly, speeding, swerving in and out of lanes. We were both in the bus only lane and he passed me on my right when I moved to the right edge of the lane in preparation of going around a right turning car. As soon as I moved over, he sped ahead, passed me on my right, then swerved left to get around the right turning car. Glad he's in charge of driving kids around. Maybe he scares them straight w/ his driving.

It was 0C on the ride in, and I finally did it - no balaclava! My ears were cold from the main DH, but I didn't get slurpee brain. I may even be able to switch back to regular shoes, as the winter ones are just sweaty now. I managed to drop my chain in the middle of traffic. I coasted for about a block, then slinked over to the curb and popped it back on. Very embarassing! I'll do some link surgery when I get home and see if I can tighten it up.